Medical Definition of Hoechst 33258
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A fluorescent dye that is a specific stain for DNA and can therefore be used to visualise chromosomes and to monitor animal cell cultures for contamination by microorganisms such as mycoplasma.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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